Monthly Archives: August 2010

Geek to God 1 – Rich Dale: Planzai #projectathene

Posted on August 17, 2010 by | 4 Comments

Today I had the pleasure of spending my lunch break chatting with Crafty Devil‘s Rich Dale about the upcoming demo of their Planzai web app at Showcase.  I was aware that they had been working on a tool aimed at helping up and coming bands and musicians get off the ground, what I actually saw simply blew me away. Continue reading →

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Project Athene; From geeks to Gods #projectathene

Posted on August 12, 2010 by | 6 Comments

An off the cuff response to Mark Nagurski following a comment he had made on my recent post “Invented here syndrome; Demand attention” led me to waking up one morning at 5 am with a crazy plan.  I have spent the last number of days formulating and developing that plan further.  So here goes.

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Code4Pizza; Coding experience not necessary

Posted on August 10, 2010 by | Leave a comment

I have just returned from a great night at Code4Pizza were I had the pleasure of meeting some really switched on people wanting to do stuff just to help people.  That’s a pretty good reason in my book.  We need more of it in this country.  I guess its what people did before David Cameron invented the “big society“. Continue reading →

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A week is a long time in politics; Elections and the democratic process

Posted on August 9, 2010 by | Leave a comment

While I am a bit of a political anorak I have never actively been engaged in politics.  In the last week however I have had several discussions with people regarding nominations to stand for election, canvassing for support and the development of policy which would form the basis of future manifestos.  As they say – “A week is a long time in politics”.

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Want to start up? You have no idea; Prize available

Posted on August 6, 2010 by | 2 Comments

In my professional and private life I meet many people (me included btw) who would love to start their own business.  All they are missing is that killer idea. Well look no further.  A little reported event this week may just be what you have been looking for. Continue reading →

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